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Lot 18
Antique Baccarat dated scattered Gridel canes on upset
muslin paperweight. The usual silhouette suspects are on
display: horse, squirrel, dog, stag, moth, cockerel and goat,
as well as some avians with wildly different personalities--from
a plucky white bird, a downcast duck (or goose), to an ethereal
swan. The remaining complex millefiori all nestle in a tight
cushion of lacey segments, with a few streamers of color throughout.
Faceted. Signed and dated "B1848".
Diameter 3 1/16". $2500-3500 |
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Lot 19
*Antique Baccarat dated close packed millefiori paperweight.
Gridel silhouettes of a rooster, pheasant, dog, horse, stag,
and lovebirds; picture canes of flowers, whorls (choufleur),
shamrock, honeycomb, and five abstracted roses, with the fortress-style
cane at center, and four, green, leaf-shaped sepals set in white.
A splendid showcase for some of Baccarat's most colorful and
complex millefiori work. Signed and dated "B1848".
Diameter 2 13/16". $3500-4000 |
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Lot 20
Antique Baccarat dated close packed complex millefiori
paperweight, on upset muslin. Signed and dated "B1847".
Diameter 2 7/8". $2500-3500 |
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Lot 21
Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom paperweight,
the tuft plush with arrow, star, stardust, honeycomb, cog,
trefoil and whorl canes. There can even be found three flower
picture canes; one on the top, and two along the mushroom's stem.
The stem extends to a star-cut ground inside a spiraling blue
and white lace filigree torsade. See The Art of the Paperweight,
p. 88; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, pp. 56-59.
Diameter 3 1/16". $2000-2500 |
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Lot 22
*Antique Baccarat close packed millefiori mushroom paperweight,
with blue and white torsade. The plume of canes is splendid,
replete with pastel choufleur, clusters of crosses and stars,
and one with leaf-shaped canes, suggesting an abstract rose.
There are a great many cane designs visible under the mushroom
top, which may not have been intended, but then again offer the
collector more to enjoy on all sides.
Diameter 2 13/16". $1500-2000 |
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Lot 23
*Antique Baccarat garlanded large butterfly paperweight,
with star-cut base. Evoking the ethereal, and the symbolic
lightness of being, the essential French butterfly adds a certain
gravity to that era's paperweights.
Diameter 2 7/8". $2500-3500
--Exhibited: Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass
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